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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374783</law_id><section_number>62.1-147.2</section_number><catch_line>Chapter liberally construed</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="132" identifier="62.1">Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="26" identifier="10">Virginia Port Authority</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter shall constitute full and complete authority for the doing of the acts and things herein authorized and shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 232.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
